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Your customers can now choose to store their credit card details at our checkout (no more trying to remember all those pesky numbers!) It’s called token billing and it’s an optional feature – all they have to do is select the ‘save card details’ tickbox. Their credit card details are stored by our payment provider,…

Here’s some of our top tips for identifying marketing opportunities – and ensuring memorability – when it comes to local community and theatre events. What’s the story? Brainstorm different media/story opportunities while you’re still in the planning stages of your event. It could be: Notable committee/cast members Particular milestones – e.g 10 year anniversary since the…

Ever stood in a long queue to get into an event – and when you’re just about at the front – got stuck behind someone who hasn’t got their ticket ready to get validated? Ever stood in a bar queue during intermission and not got to the front before the show starts again? If so,…

Social media is a great tool for promoting your events. One easy way to enhance the effectiveness of your Facebook posts is to get to know who your followers are – and then design your posts with them in mind. Here’s a couple of tips for doing just that. Insights tab Check out the ‘Insights’…

Challenger ticketing company iTICKET has signed a deal to sell $400,000 worth of tickets over the rugby season with its first rugby client. Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union has assigned the locally-owned ticketing agency to look after the promotion and ticket processing for its home games this year. iTICKET managing director Reece Preston says the…

Our MD, Reece Preston, shares a few insider stories with CIO – like when we ticketed some of Lorde’s earliest NZ gigs. One of New Zealand’s major ticketing agencies, iTICKET has moved all of its operations to Microsoft’s regional Azure datacentres in Australia. The migration was part of the group’s plan to become “stadium ready”…

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